#AA9D44#AA9D44

#AA9D44 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.111 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9D44
RGB	rgb(170, 157, 68)
HSL	hsl(52, 43%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(52, 60%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 60%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.22, -6.58, 47.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.22, 47.68, 97.93°)
OKLab	oklab(68.93% -0.0213 0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(68.93% 0.111 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.6790, 33.0785, 10.2892)
Luminance	0.3308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9D44 #4451AA

analogous

#AA6A44 #AA9D44 #84AA44

triadic

#AA9D44 #44AA9D #9D44AA

tetradic

#AA9D44 #44AA6A #4451AA #AA4484

square

#AA9D44 #44AA6A #4451AA #AA4484

split-complementary

#AA9D44 #4484AA #6A44AA

monochromatic

#534C21 #7E7533 #AA9D44 #C3B768 #D4CC94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#AA9D44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#AA9D44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9D44

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9D44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9D44	1.00	2.76	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA993B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9E49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9d44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 157, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.111 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b97b',
    500: '#aa9d44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9d44;
$custom-light: #c6b97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9d44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.353,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68934,
    "c": 0.11098,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9D44

secondary

#8A91C0

accent

#65D355

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9D44

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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